O tell me the truth about love or, at least, Michael Gove’s version of it. Yesterday, in the Commons, as he was explaining his latest attempt to revise GCSEs, the Education Secretary had a Cupid moment.

Labour’s maverick Diane Abbott was on her feet. I was sad to see that she was not wearing her leopard maxi dress, my favourite. When Diane wants to be — and it’s not that often — she can be eloquent. Yesterday, she seemed inspired by Mr Gove’s attempt to boost core subjects, such as English and maths.

Some people claimed, she noted, that obtaining rigorous qualifications in core academic subjects was not in the interest of working class and black and minority ethnic children. “On. The. Contrary,” said Ms